How do I love thee? (Sonnet 43)

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love poem poem sonnet

"How do I love thee? (Sonnet 43)" is one of Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s most famous love sonnets, celebrated for its passionate enumeration of the speaker’s boundless love.

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Label Occurrences
Sonnet 43 3
How do I love thee? (Sonnet 43) canonical 1
Sonnet 43 from Sonnets from the Portuguese 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf love poem ⓘ
poem ⓘ
sonnet ⓘ
addressedTo beloved husband ⓘ
addressee Robert Browning ⓘ
alsoKnownAs How do I love thee? Let me count the ways ⓘ
How do I love thee? (Sonnet 43) ⓘ
surface form: Sonnet 43

How do I love thee? (Sonnet 43) ⓘ
surface form: Sonnet 43 from Sonnets from the Portuguese
author Elizabeth Barrett Browning ⓘ
canonicalStatus classic love sonnet ⓘ
closingIdea love continuing after death ⓘ
collection Sonnets from the Portuguese ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
firstLine How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. ⓘ
form Italian sonnet ⓘ
genre lyric poetry ⓘ
hasOctave first eight lines ⓘ
hasSestet final six lines ⓘ
imagery domestic imagery ⓘ
religious imagery ⓘ
spiritual imagery ⓘ
influence popular love poetry in English ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryDevice alliteration ⓘ
anaphora ⓘ
hyperbole ⓘ
metaphor ⓘ
literaryMovement Romanticism-influenced Victorian poetry ⓘ
literaryPeriod Victorian era ⓘ
metricalForm iambic pentameter ⓘ
notableFor enumeration of different ways of loving ⓘ
intense emotional expression ⓘ
numberOfLines 14 ⓘ
poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning ⓘ
publicationCentury 19th century ⓘ
rhymeScheme Petrarchan sonnet rhyme scheme ⓘ
sequencePosition 43 ⓘ
sonnetType Petrarchan sonnet ⓘ
studiedIn English literature courses ⓘ
subjectMatter the speaker’s boundless love for the beloved ⓘ
theme devotion ⓘ
eternal love ⓘ
love ⓘ
marital love ⓘ
spiritual love ⓘ
tone passionate ⓘ
reverent ⓘ

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Elizabeth Barrett Browning → hasPart → How do I love thee? (Sonnet 43) ⓘ
album "All Days Are Nights: Songs for Lulu" → hasPart → How do I love thee? (Sonnet 43) ⓘ
subject surface form: All Days Are Nights: Songs for Lulu
this entity surface form: Sonnet 43
Sonnets from the Portuguese → mostFamousSonnet → How do I love thee? (Sonnet 43) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sonnet 43
How do I love thee? (Sonnet 43) → alsoKnownAs → How do I love thee? (Sonnet 43) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sonnet 43
How do I love thee? (Sonnet 43) → alsoKnownAs → How do I love thee? (Sonnet 43) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sonnet 43 from Sonnets from the Portuguese